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More Chinese Rocket Explosions Reported in Puerto Princesa Skies

Explosions echoed on Thursday morning as a Long March-12 rocket launched by China entered its final stage, startling residents who heard the loud booms and saw a trail of smoke across the sky. The sounds, heard at 8:45 a.m., were sonic booms produced by the rocket as it traveled through the atmosphere.

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Published at 2026-09-18 by Dimitri Mostrey

Categories : News and Events, Politics, Technology

Tags: China, Palawan, Puerto Princesa, South China Sea

Sc Voids Vessel Tracking Rule: What the Decision Means

The Supreme Court has upheld a 2021 ruling that struck down a government regulation requiring commercial fishing vessels to be monitored electronically, saying the measure went beyond what was reasonably necessary to fight illegal fishing and violated constitutional protections. Vessel Monitoring Measures (VMM) refer to systems used by fisheries authorities to monitor fishing vessels.

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Published at 2026-09-08 by Dimitri Mostrey

Categories : Business, Legal, Politics, Technology

Tags: Supreme Court, commercial, fishermen, fishing, illegal

China's Military Rescue 17 Filipino Sailors from South China Sea Shipwreck

Chinese military forces retrieved 17 Filipino crew members from a shipwreck in the South China Sea as of 12:30 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Friday, according to the Chinese People's Liberation Army Southern Theater Command. Fourteen of those rescued are in stable condition and one is in emergency care, while two had died, the command added.

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Published at 2026-01-24 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : News and Events, Politics

Tags: China, coastal, shipwreck

Pnp Records 12.40% Crime Rate Decline in 2025

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded a 12.40 percent decline in crime incidents from January to December 2025. In a statement on January 3, 2025, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said 35,717 crime incidents were recorded in the entire 2025, fewer than the 40,771 incidents recorded in 2024.

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Published at 2026-01-04 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Politics, Society

Tags: Police, crime, crime statistics

Flood Control Corruption: How Much Money Has Been Recovered

Some former DPWH engineers and a contractor involved in the flood control scandal have returned bundles of cash and luxury vehicles. But how does this amount compare to what was stolen?

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Published at 2025-12-30 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Legal, News and Events, Politics

Tags: Pork, corruption

When Educators Stay Silent, Corruption Wins

Each time floodwaters rise in our cities, so does public outrage. Every deluge brings renewed scrutiny of the Department of Public Works and Highways and its flood control projects, many of them overpriced, substandard, or unfinished, according to the Commission on Audit.

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Published at 2025-09-21 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Education, Politics

Tags: CHED, School, University, research

‘bsp May Allow Peso to Weaken Against $’

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may start easing its stance in defending the peso by the second half of the year to allow exports to grow and the economy to expand, according to a research group.

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Published at 2025-02-26 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Politics

Tags: economy

Gov’t Not Proposing Any New Taxes Until Next Year

THE Philippines will not be imposing new taxes until next year, Finance Secretary Ralph Rector said yesterday as the Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed him as the country’s Finance chief. Recto told the CA finance committee that the government is pursuing only tax measures that “are already in the advance stages in Congress” and made the assurance that there will be no new tax measures until at least next year.

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Published at 2024-03-14 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : News and Events, Politics

Tags: BIR, government

Pinoys Flag TikTok Account Posting Dubious Info on West PH Sea

Filipinos flagged a TikTok account spreading some dubious information about maritime tensions in the West Philippine Sea involving Chinese and Philippine vessels. A Reddit user on Monday raised alarm over the TikTok account @mediaunlock which posts clips of news presenters talking about aggressions in the West Philippine Sea.

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Published at 2024-03-12 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Legal, News and Events, Politics

Tags: China, South China Sea, TikTok

Everything You Need to Know about the South China Sea Dispute

Since 2012, China and the Philippines have been embroiled in a tussle over the Scarborough Shoal — both lay claim to it but sovereignty has never been established and it remains effectively under Beijing’s control. The fresh controversy has once again brought the South China Sea dispute to the forefront.

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Published at 2023-09-27 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Environment, Legal, Politics

Tags: China, South China Sea

China Brings out the Big Guns in the South China Sea

China’s naval pressure campaign against rival nations in the South China Sea has reached unprecedented heights since yearly short-term moratoriums on fishing were lifted, with Chinese ships shadowing Western warships in the region and seeking to interrupt maritime resupply on a submerged, Philippine-claimed island.

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Published at 2023-09-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Legal, Politics

Tags: China, South China Sea

China Inches Closer to US Embassy with Land Grab by Blacklisted CCP-Contractor"

The United States is sounding alarms over land reclamation projects in the Philippines that are backed by a blacklisted Chinese contractor and in close proximity to the country’s U.S. Embassy.

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Published at 2023-08-03 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Environment, Politics

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Philippines' Marcos Signs $9 Bn Wealth Fund into Law

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Tuesday signed into law a bill creating a $9 billion sovereign wealth fund aimed at boosting economic growth and infrastructure spending, but critics warned it will be prone to misuse.

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Published at 2023-07-18 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Politics

Tags: Marcos, economy, government

Meeting the China Challenge: We Must Be Bolder

An outdoor screen shows a live news coverage of Chinas President Xi Jinping delivering a speech during the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People, along a street in Beijing on March 13, 2023.

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Published at 2023-07-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Opinion, Politics

Tags: COVID-19, China, Officials, Power, capital, economy, government

Philippines Launches Website on South China Sea Arbitration Win

The Philippines on Wednesday launched a website containing "official information" about Manila's arbitration victory against Beijing in their South China Sea territorial dispute. Marking the seventh anniversary of the July 12, 2016, ruling that voided China's sweeping claims over the contested waterway, the site's launch represents the latest effort by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration to firm up Manila's position in the dispute.

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Published at 2023-07-11 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : History, Politics

Tags: China, Chinese, Manila, Marcos